Six first-year eligible candidates are among the 27 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013.

The Hall normally forwards 25 semifinalists, but there was a three-way tie for the final slot this year, so two extras were sent on. The Hall’s selection committee will reduce the list to 15 finalists in January, from which no more than five will be inducted into the Hall.

Warren Sapp was a good player, but he wasn't great enough to be a hall of famer i don't think, but he will probably get in because he is now a media member and is still in the limelight, but there are more deserving players not in the hall.

Mine to. Unfortunately, His era (Not sooner) was about the time I was able to start seeing the Chiefs on a regular basis. So what I have to compare things to, this guy was awesome because of his man to Man cover skills but also cause of his ST abilities. Just amazing!

"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).